Navigation of an autonomous sewer inspection robot based on stereo camera images and laser scanner data

International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 611-625

  Ahrary, Alireza ^a,c   Tian, Li ^b   Kamata, Sei Ichiro ^b   Ishikawa, Masumi ^c  

^a FAIS Robotics Research Institute   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomous; Laser scanner; Robot navigation; Sewer inspection; Sewer pipe system; Stereo matching

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; PIPING SYSTEMS; SCANNING; SEWERS; STEREO VISION;

LASER SCANNERS; ROBOT NAVIGATION; SEWER INSPECTION; SEWER PIPE SYSTEMS; STEREO MATCHING;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 34548508719     PISSN: 02182130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218213007003461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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